About Ahmed
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Conversational
Experience
- LA MAISON DU WHISKYFP&A ConsultantWINE AND SPIRITSNovember 2025 - January 2026 (2 months)Paris, France• Supported the Deputy CEO as finance lead on the RCF renewal / refinancing workstream, providing the core analysis and materials used in negotiations with the banking pool and financial partners.• Built an end-to-end plug-and-play Business Plan in Excel (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) with high granularity across the Group’s activities (B2C & e-commerce, B2B France multi-channel, international distribution via Singapore, premium/exceptional bottles).• Reconciled historical performance and management accounts with forecast drivers, ensuring traceability from actuals to projections and enabling rapid hypothesis iterations.• Produced working capital (BFR) and liquidity forecasts, including cash bridges, seasonal effects, and short-term treasury steering to secure credit committee readiness under tight timelines.• Developed robust scenario & sensitivity frameworks (volume/mix, margin, pricing, channel dynamics, opex discipline) to challenge assumptions and stress-test covenant/headroom dynamics.• Demonstrated a ~40% reduction in funding needs, enabling a right-sized facility, contributing to a ~50% reduction in financial fees, and supporting the renegotiation of the RCF on more advantageous terms.• Implemented a practical cash steering cockpit to arbitrate between factoring vs. revolving credit drawdowns, turning the BP into a day-to-day decision tool (not just a one-off refinancing deliverable).• Structured and drove the project in full autonomy (data collection, retro-planning, stakeholder alignment) in a context of understaffed Controlling / FP&A during an organizational transition.• Ensured a comprehensive handover to the FP&A / Controlling team (documentation, training, operating guidelines) so the model can be reused for subsequent budgets and rolling forecasts.
- HISSEOFondateur et CFOSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGNovember 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)Paris, FranceBuilt and shipped HISSEO (B2B SEO SaaS) and established the finance backbone:
- Defined and executed the Go-to-Market strategy, including building the sales pipeline, pricing, customer acquisition/ onboarding /retention.
- Built a 60-month three-statement budget and driver-based forecasts (MRR, churn, CAC/LTV).
- Drove cash and treasury management, optimized working capital and instituted lightweight spend controls to maintain 12-month runway.
- Produced French GAAP (PCG) accounts and statutory financial statements and handled VAT/tax filing and compliance.
- Prepared investor materials (incl. financial model with 5-year projections and scenarios/sensitivity analysis, deck and Information Memorandum).
app.hisseo.co - ORPEACorporate M&A - ManagerHEALTH AND WELLNESSOctober 2018 - November 2022 (4 years and 1 month)Paris, FrancePilotage et closing de 20+ opérations de croissance externe (M&A) pour le Groupe, ainsi que préparation de documents stratégiques au niveau corporate (investment cases) à destination du Conseil d'administration et du Directeur Général :
- Collaboration étroite avec les équipes internes (Finance, Fiscalité, Opérations, Juridique, IT) et coordination des conseils externes (banques d'affaires, avocats, Transaction Services).
- Élaboration de modèles de valorisation et analyses financières associées.
- Participation active aux négociations de la documentation transactionnelle, notamment des Share Purchase Agreements et des Shareholders Agreements.
Les négociations ont porté sur : le prix (et le calcul d'éventuelles options d'achat / earn-outs), les déclarations et garanties (representations & warranties), les définitions d'EBITDA(/R) et d'endettement, ainsi que les ajustements post-clôture.
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Education
- Programme Grande ÉcoleEMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL2012Corporate Finance & Business Strategy